merely in order to prove this entity an imposter. The climax came on Sunday when it stated that my friend was dead and for me to phone her home and see.

Now even though my reason told me that this was a lie, I must be honest enough to admit that it upset me considerably, and I took a very definite stand and told the entity giving me this information that it was my intention to investigate this tale and should it not be true, I would never again try any mechanical method of communication.

Naturally, there was no truth in it. But to make the story as short as possible, the seed of fear had been planted in my mind by what my friend had said about not sitting unless I called for the appointed teacher, and this experience helped to germinate it; for I really suffered the only real fear that I had ever known in my life. I was actually mentally sick for about two weeks, before getting myself straightened out. Certain spiritual teachings I was studying at the time were my greatest solace, and many a time I cried when I read some very pertinent truths pointing out my temporary lack of faith and trust.

Despite all this suffering I seemed again to recognize immediately the hand of God. I reasoned with myself that God within knew just what my desires were and realized that they could not materialize in such a way, and that this ugly experience was deliberately sent me to turn me back on to my road—whatever it is. And now that I am farther away from that unpleasantness and have studied more of the Cosmic Law and particularly the Law of Karma, I am more sure of the good that I gained from the experience.

Having given you a fairly complete outline of my experiences you can probably understand better than I the necessity of them. I don’t suppose that I am particularly